Crown House, 12 Crown Avenue, Inverness is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 June 1981.

Crown House, 12 Crown Avenue, Inverness

WRENN ID
woven-frieze-thistle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 June 1981
Address
Crown House, 12 Crown Avenue, Inverness, IV2 3NF
OS grid reference
NH 670 453
Coordinates
57.47862, -4.21898
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Crown House, located at 14 Crown Avenue in Inverness, was built in 1815 and features later wings that enclose an open court, although the west wing has since been demolished. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and has rusticated quoins at the wings. The central section consists of three bays and includes a pilastered doorpiece at the center, with tripartite windows on the outer sides. One wing has a canted end, while the rear of the house showcases a triple bowed center, with bows positioned at the angles of the wings.

Local climate

Crown House, 12 Crown Avenue, Inverness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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